Funny dogs

These dogs (and their butts) are quite amusing:

Photos for cat and dog lovers

The box

There's always room for one more...

Chez Tumbleweed?

A dose of aww is good for the soul

A visit to the vet

Tumbleweed requested a picture of Pirouette's visit to the vet. There she is, in Olivier's arms...

Funny dogs

Gotta love them!

Moving to new Disqus... gently

Let's inaugurate the new Disqus with a couple of aww pictures. It should help soften the blow...

Meow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

Last night Pirouette came in through the cat flap in a tearing hurry and rushed upstairs for protection, always listening and watching the stairs. Later on, Peter found the flap bit of the contraption by the entrance to the kitchen, a good 8ft away from the door... Pirouette must have hit it at great speed!

We think the problem is the cat nextdoor. She was a lovely little kitten back in the summer and now she's in heat. We had Pirouette "done" as soon as she was old enough and we remember the vet's receptionist (lovely Régine) remarking that a female cat in heat who's not allowed to mate is a very pitiful sight. We have been hearing the poor thing yowling for days now.

Pirate doesn't pay any attention to it, as he's been neutered and prefers long walks to the pleasures of the flesh... But we have a gang of very aggressive, whole males around here and I'm sure they're aware of the poor damsel in distress. Pirouette probably went out for a call of nature and encountered a bunch of horny cats hanging around!

There are seven cats in this building and the only ones allowed out are Pirate and Pirouette. If these other cat owners are so mindful of the (very quiet) road and so very protective, wouldn't it make sense to pay a visit to our charming local vet (hey, TW!), spend 85 euros and avoid having their pets in distress?

[The pictures are not of the actual cats, just lookalikes I found on the internet.]

Friends

After the weekend travels in Spain, with a veritable photo fest, today we'll have a very simple but lovely picture...

We HAD to do some grocery shopping, which we've been avoiding because the roads are a bit icy and slippery, but could no longer postpone...

Now we're back, in one piece, and warming up nicely.

Quick pics to keep the conversation going:

The discussion about toothpaste was good!

Stubborn...

This is funny!

Meow

I'm feeling a bit lazy today. It's cold and gloomy, not terribly inspiring. I'll give you some cat photos, they tend to cheer me up, I hope they'll cheer you up too!

No, no, no!

Living with a cat

I think this was based on Peter and Pirouette...

The real thing:

Brave mother

This is a lovely story from August 2012.

A fire broke out in a building in Santa Rosa de Temuco, Chile. A German Shepherd cross called Amanda risked her life to rescue her 10-day-old puppies. She ran between the burning house and the fire truck over and over again until all puppies were safe. After rescuing all of her pups from the blaze, Amanda sat down next to them, protecting them with her body as the firefighters fought the blaze.

Unfortunately, one of the puppies suffered very severe burns and died later that day. The others survived and were reunited with Amanda after treatment.

Aww... cute!

My friend Dominique sent me this charming video. I think it's going to be too large a dose of cute for TW...

Amazing dogs

Absolutely adorable

Remembering JD

Pallottine sent me this photo of a sign made by a young man down the road in memory of our lovely JD (stands for Just Dog).

Here are some nice pictures of JD:

The sign over the gate is a lovely way to remember a good friend. JD was definitely more than just a dog...